Sentences with phrase «over election meddling»

Administration officials said Flynn had not discussed sanctions that had been imposed on Russia in part over election meddling.

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And yet over a year since the election meddling took place, little has been done to counter efforts by Russia to intervene in future elections that are already underway.

This year's F8 comes amid backlash against Facebook over user privacy and election meddling, following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which data from up to 87 million users was inappropriately obtained by a third party.

Partisan disagreements on the intelligence committee have escalated over the last year as Democrats have charged that Republicans aren't taking the panel's investigation into Russian election meddling seriously enough.

Currently, the President - elect is an ongoing spat with the intelligence communities over claims by the FBI, Homeland Security, and others that Russia hacked the email of American politicians in a bid to meddle with the U.S. election.

Mr. Ryan said Mr. Cohen has cooperated with the authorities and turned over thousands of documents to congressional investigators looking into Russian election meddling.

Special counsel Robert Mueller has asked the firm to turn over its internal documents as part of his investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election.

What's next: Facebook, already dealing with a backlash over fake news stories and Russian meddling in the election, has another PR crisis on its hands centered on its advertising machine, which brought in $ 39.9 billion in revenue in 2017.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called for Congress to «respond forcefully» to Trump's threats to fire Mueller amid growing tension over the investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election.

We meddle in elections all over the world and have been doing so for 70 years — probably even longer.

The U.S. Senate voted 92 - 5 to confirm Christopher Wray, a former high - ranking official in President George W. Bush's Justice Department, to head up the FBI, replacing James Comey, who was canned by Trump over the investigation into Russian meddling in the presidential election.

Russian ambassador to the United States Sergei Kislyak — a high - profile figure in the controversy over Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election — has concluded his assignment in Washington.

The four prosecutors involved in the first Silver trial have left the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan — Carrie H. Cohen entered private practice; Andrew D. Goldstein joined the office of Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election; Howard S. Master became a senior enforcement counsel for the New York attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman; James M. McDonald now heads enforcement for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission — and a new team has taken over.

One can imagine Facebook splashing that message — replete with balloons and confetti — all over screens in America (and Russia) on Thursday, the one - year anniversary of special prosecutor Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

As the 2019 general elections draw closer, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has expressed fears over the increasing incidence of election meddling through the use of technology in many countries.

Just days after he boasted about the size of his nuclear button in response to North Korea's leader, President Trump said Thursday that he has President Donald Trump suggested on Saturday he's done confronting Russian President Vladimir Putin over his country's election meddling since

Prodded by Stone over the course of two years, Putin confronts a host of critical topics in candid detail, including his long - term grip on power, his personal relationships with Clinton, Bush, Obama and Trump, Edward Snowden's asylum in Moscow, as well as allegations of election meddling and fostering turmoil in Syria.

April 11, 2017 • Investigators in Washington seeking links between Americans and Russia's election - meddling are searching for evidence of loans or sweetheart deals used to gain access or control over targets.

The recent troubles follow Facebook's most difficult year yet, as the company dealt with fake news, «filter bubbles» that lead to increasing polarization, and congressional hearings over Russian agents» alleged use of social media to meddle with the 2016 presidential elections.

The firm was so central to Trump's electoral efforts that special counsel Robert Mueller, who is probing ties between the Trump campaign and Russia's election meddling, has asked the firm to turn over the emails of any employees who worked on the Trump campaign, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Twitter admitted on Friday evening that its investigation into suspected Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential elections had turned up what it believes were over 50,000 automated accounts linked to the Kremlin — and that it had identified 677,775 other accounts that «followed one of these accounts or retweeted or liked a tweet from these accounts during the election period.»

Twitter admitted on Friday evening that its investigation into suspected Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential elections had turned up what it believes were over 50,000 automated accounts linked to the Kremlin — and that it had identified 677,775 other accounts that «followed one of these accounts or retweeted or...

Lawmakers in Washington are scrutinizing Cambridge Analytica in connection with investigations into Russian meddling in the presidential election; the company has turned over documents to the House intelligence committee.

The pressure felt after election meddling from Russia, paranoia over cybersecurity from state actors, «America First» policies for U.S. industries, and a general distrust of China, has created a perfect storm against Huawei.

The tech company has handed over several thousand ads to three congressional committees and shut down 470 pages and accounts in response to U.S. lawmakers» probes into Russian meddling in the election.

(THE CONVERSATION) The U.S. has been rocked over the last two years by claims that the Russian government directly attempted to meddle in the 2016 presidential election.